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    Chinese New Year, 1920s, courtesy of Northern Territory Library.

Title
Chinese New Year parade with men marching with flags and banners
Description

Australian [?] flag and five-striped flag being held.

Date
1920s
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
Interpretive description

The five-stripe flags could be the Provisional flag of the Republic of China (1912-1928) although the yellow stripe looks very dark and the blue one very light.

External Url
http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/handle/10070/29690

Versions

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    Title
    Chinese New Year
    Description

    Part of a Chinese Procession. Standard bearers carrying Chinese placards inscribed with Chinese characters, the Australian flag and other banners.

    Date
    1920s
    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Control
    26\26714, PH0274/0018
    Source

    Roy Edwards collection, 0274; Northern Territory Library. Details

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by the Northern Territory Library.
  2. Print
    Title
    (Chinese New Year parade)
    Type
    Print
    Control
    CP 129, No 1
    Source

    Roy Edwards Photographic copyprints of Koolpinyah Station, NTRS 234, CP 129 and CP 130; Northern Territory Archives Service, Darwin Branch. Details

  3. Published photograph
    Title
    Chinese New Year procession, Cavenagh Street, Darwin, c.1920s
    Date
    1920s
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.34
    Source

    Dimond, Glenys (ed.), Sweet and Sour: Experiences of Chinese Families in the Northern Territory, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 1996. Details

    Reproduced from Northern Territory Library PH027/0018, Edwards & NTGP Collection

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Created: 20 June 2006, Last modified: 28 March 2007